Meta’s mega settlement could change social media UX as we know it
Meta has agreed to a settlement worth $16.7 billion with 47 states, the District of Columbia, and multiple U.S. territories, and it could change social media as we know it. The settlement agreement , which was filed on August 26 in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California in Oakland, comes days into a landmark social media trial that put Meta head-to-head with a coalition…
Meta has reached an agreement to pay $16.7 billion in a settlement with 47 U.S. states and territories, following a landmark social media trial. The lawsuit, filed on August 26 in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California, was brought by a coalition of state attorneys general who argued that Meta intentionally designed its social media platforms to be addictive, particularly for young users.
As a result of the settlement, Meta will be required to implement several significant design changes to Instagram and Facebook. These changes include the implementation of "productive pauses" at 60 minutes and 90 minutes of daily usage, a default "non-personalized" feed for teen users, a "Night Access Mode" that limits messaging and push notifications from midnight to 6 a.m., and the introduction of "School Mode" to disable push notifications during school hours.
Additionally, Meta will implement new age-authentication techniques, stronger parental controls, and provide parents with more information about their children's activity on the platforms. The settlement marks a major step in social media regulation and could pave the way for further design reforms across the industry.
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